CVE-2020-24978
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.41%
Description
In NASM 2.15.04rc3, there is a double-free vulnerability in pp_tokline asm/preproc.c. This is fixed in commit 8806c3ca007b84accac21dd88b900fb03614ceb7.
How to fix CVE-2020-24978
To remediate CVE-2020-24978, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/nasm—upgrade to 2.15.04-1 or later
Is CVE-2020-24978 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.15.04-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |